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To be clear, reducing the friction to becoming mentally enslaved to notifications is not a good thing.

by kibwen 2mo ago

saghm 2mo ago
That seems extremely overdramatic for what amounts to a personal choice that doesn't disrupt anyone else.
- kibwen 2mo ago
  Whether or not it disrupts anyone else isn't relevant to the point here. Your mind and focus are sacred, and surrendering to notifications is damaging to your brain. You have the right to damage your brain all you want, and I have the right to think less of anyone who does so thoughtlessly.
  - saghm 2mo ago
    You're certainly welcome to whatever religious beliefs you want. Ultimately you have no clue how much I think about or don't think about anything, which means the only real thing you're describing here is a dogmatic view of how everyone else should live their life based on what you think is "sacred". Personally, preaching and condescending to people about one's subjective worldview feels like a far worse thing than what we're talking about here.
- phrotoma 2mo ago
  A dear friend was one of the first people I knew to get an apple watch, that mf will stop midsentence (his or anyone else's) to stare at his fuckin watch like once a minute. Convenient, sure I guess. "Non disruptive" - nope.
  - saghm 2mo ago
    Maybe I'm just less popular than your friend (or have better filters set up for my notifications), because on average I look at my watch maybe three or four times an hour. On the other hand, even with no phone or watch around, I will break eye contact in a conversation several times a minute, as do plenty of other people I know. At least for me, life is always full of potential distractions regardless of whether there are devices around, so focus is something that requires energy, which means I plan around when I have it for spending time with people. I'm skeptical that if I got transported back to medieval times or whatever that I'd be able to spend all day interacting with people without being similarly "disruptive".
    - phrotoma 2mo ago
      It's a matter of degree. Breaking eye contact to glance at your cat or out the window at the weather is not as disruptive as stopping to read text.

To be clear, reducing the friction to becoming mentally enslaved to notifications is not a good thing.

by kibwen 2mo ago

To be clear, reducing the friction to becoming mentally enslaved to notifications is not a good thing.

saghm 2mo ago

That seems extremely overdramatic for what amounts to a personal choice that doesn't disrupt anyone else.

kibwen 2mo ago
Whether or not it disrupts anyone else isn't relevant to the point here. Your mind and focus are sacred, and surrendering to notifications is damaging to your brain. You have the right to damage your brain all you want, and I have the right to think less of anyone who does so thoughtlessly.
- saghm 2mo ago
  You're certainly welcome to whatever religious beliefs you want. Ultimately you have no clue how much I think about or don't think about anything, which means the only real thing you're describing here is a dogmatic view of how everyone else should live their life based on what you think is "sacred". Personally, preaching and condescending to people about one's subjective worldview feels like a far worse thing than what we're talking about here.
phrotoma 2mo ago
A dear friend was one of the first people I knew to get an apple watch, that mf will stop midsentence (his or anyone else's) to stare at his fuckin watch like once a minute. Convenient, sure I guess. "Non disruptive" - nope.
- saghm 2mo ago
  Maybe I'm just less popular than your friend (or have better filters set up for my notifications), because on average I look at my watch maybe three or four times an hour. On the other hand, even with no phone or watch around, I will break eye contact in a conversation several times a minute, as do plenty of other people I know. At least for me, life is always full of potential distractions regardless of whether there are devices around, so focus is something that requires energy, which means I plan around when I have it for spending time with people. I'm skeptical that if I got transported back to medieval times or whatever that I'd be able to spend all day interacting with people without being similarly "disruptive".
  - phrotoma 2mo ago
    It's a matter of degree. Breaking eye contact to glance at your cat or out the window at the weather is not as disruptive as stopping to read text.